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Learn to Fingerstyle Any Song · 原调 C · 最后更新

Besides how to ‘hear’ chords, the other question that I get alot is this: How do you fingerstyle any song that you hear?

Before I go on, here’s a disclaimer: while I can generally play any song that I hear using basic fingerstyle, I am really no expert.

But if you are still interested, here are my 5 tips to master fingerstyle playing.

The 2 most important scales to master: C major and G major.

C Major Practice #1:

E|--------------------------------------0--1--3--

B|-----------------------------0--1--3-----------

G|-----------------------0--2--------------------

D|--------------0--2--3--------------------------

A|-----0--2--3-----------------------------------

E|--3--------------------------------------------

E|--3--1--0--------------------------------------

B|-----------3--1--0-----------------------------

G|--------------------2--0-----------------------

D|--------------------------3--2--0--------------

A|-----------------------------------3--2--0-----

E|--=-----------------------------------------3--

C Major Practice #2:

E|-----------------5--7--8--7--5-----------------

B|--------5--6--8-----------------8--6--5--------

G|--5--7-----------------------------------7--5--

D|-----------------------------------------------

A|-----------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------

G Major Practice #1:

E|--------------------------------------0--2--3--

B|-----------------------------0--1--3-----------

G|-----------------------0--2--------------------

D|--------------0--2--4--------------------------

A|-----0--2--3-----------------------------------

E|--3--------------------------------------------

E|--3--2--0--------------------------------------

B|-----------3--1--0-----------------------------

G|--------------------2--0-----------------------

D|--------------------------4--2--0--------------

A|-----------------------------------3--2--0-----

E|--------------------------------------------3--

G Major Practice #2:

E|-----------------------------------------------

B|-----------------5--7--8--7--5-----------------

G|--------4--5--7-----------------7--5--4--------

D|--5--7-----------------------------------7--5--

A|-----------------------------------------------

E|-----------------------------------------------

Again, the most important chords are those found in the keys of C Major and G Major.

C

E|---0---3---7----

B|---1---5---7----

G|---0---5---8----

D|---2---5---9----

A|---3---3---9----

E|---x---x---7----

F

E|---1---5---

B|---1---6---

G|---2---5---

D|---3---7---

A|---3---8---

E|---1---x---

Am

E|---0---5---5---

B|---1---5---5---

G|---2---5---5---

D|---2---7---x---

A|---0---7---0---

E|---x---5---x---

D

E|---2---5---

B|---3---7---

G|---2---7---

D|---0---0---

A|---x---x---

E|---x---x---

Rationale: By learning to play different fingerstyle arrangements using existing tabs, you will be able to achieve thumb-finger coordination that is often needed for the melody and accompaniment to be played simultaneously.

Example: Johann Pachelbel - Canon

#4 Accentuate the melody

#5 Experiment with alternate tunings

Being the conservative guitarist, I hate to stray away from standard tunings. Like suddenly the all familiar landscape becomes changed.

But increasingly, I realized that alternate tunings can allow some songs to be played more easily.

A common one that I use whenever I do fingerstyle in the key of G is to drop the tuning of the 5th string to G (Drop G tuning?).

In this tuning, the root G bass becomes an open string and the C note is translated to the 5th fret which often allows easy access to the higher frets on the treble strings.
Example: 张惠妹 - 身后